Selected publications

BG Fry, S Wroe, W Teeuwisse, MJP van Osch, K Moreno, J Ingle, C McHenry, T Ferrara, P Clausen, H Scheib, KL Winter, L Greisman, K Roelants, L van der Weerd, CJ Clemente, E Giannakis, WC Hodgson, S Luz, P Martelli, K Krishnasamy, E Kochva, HF Kwok, D Scanlon, J Karas, DM Citron, EJC Goldstein, JE Mcnaughtan, JA Norman. (2009) A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus. PNAS Online. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0810883106

PD Clausen, S Wroe, CR McHenry, K Moreno, J Bourke.(2008) The vector of jaw muscle force as determined by computer generated three dimensional simulation: A test of Greaves’ model. Journal of Biomechanics 41(15): 3184-3188. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.08.019

S Wroe, DR Huber, MB Lowry, CR McHenry, K Moreno, PD Clausen, TL Ferrara (2008) Three-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: how hard can a great white bite? Journal of Zoology 276(4): 336-342. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00494.x

J Field, M Fillios, S Wroe. 2008.Chronological overlap between humans and megafauna in Sahul
(Pleistocene Australia–New Guinea): A review of the evidence. Earth Science Reviews 89: 97-115. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.04.006

V Weisbecker, A Goswami, S Wroe, MR Sánchez-Villagra. 2008. Ossification heterochrony in the therian postcranial skeleton and the marsupial-placental dichotomy. Evolution, 62(8): 2027–2041. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.20s08.00424.x

K Moreno, S Wroe, PD Clausen, CR McHenry, DC D'Amore, EJ Rayfield, E Cunningham. 2008. Cranial performance in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) as revealed by high-resolution 3-D finite element analysis. Journal of Anatomy, 212: 736-746. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00899.x

J Bourke, S Wroe, K Moreno, CR McHenry, PD Clausen. 2008. Effects of Gape and Tooth Position on Bite Force in the Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) using a 3-D Finite Element Approach. PLoS ONE, 3(5)e2200: 1-5. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002200

S Wroe, MB Lowry, M Anton. 2008. How to build a mammalian superpredator. Zoology, 111:196-203. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.07.008

S Wroe. 2008. High-resolution 3-D computer simulation of feeding behaviour in marsupial and placental lions. Journal of Zoology, 274: 332-339.doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00389.x

S Wroe, J Field. 2007. Would the megafauna have gone extinct without climate change? Quaternary Science Reviews, 26: 565-567.doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.10.009

CR McHenry, S Wroe, P Clausen, K Moreno, E Cunningham.2007. Super-modeled sabercat, predatory behaviour in Smilodon fatalis revealed by high-resolution 3-D computer simulation. PNAS, 104:16010-16015.doi:10.1073/pnas.0706086104

G Grellet-Tinner, S Wroe, MB Thompson, Q Ji. 2007. A note on pterosaur behavior. Historical Biology 19:273-277. doi:10.1080/08912960701189800

S Wroe,K Moreno, P Clausen, CR McHenry, D Curnoe. 2007. High-resolution computer simulation of hominid cranial mechanics. The Anatomical Record, A290:1248-1255.doi:10.1002/ar.20594

S Wroe, P Clausen, CR McHenry, K Moreno, E Cunningham. 2007. Computer simulation of feeding behaviour in the thylacine and dingo: a novel test for convergence and niche overlap. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 274:2819-2828.doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0906

S Wroe, N Milne. 2007. Convergence and remarkably consistent constraint in the evolution of carnivore skull shape. Evolution, 61:1251-1260.doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00101.x

P Christiansen, S Wroe. 2007. Bite forces and evolutionary adaptations to feeding ecology in carnivores. Ecology, 88: 347-358.doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[347:BFAEAT]2.0.CO;2

K Moreno, MT Carrano, R Snyder. 2007. Morphological changes in pedal phalanges through ornithopod dinosaur evolution: A biomechanical approach. Journal of Morphology, 268:50-63.doi:10.1002/jmor.10498

CR McHenry, P Clausen, WT Daniel, MB Meers, A Pendharkar. 2006. Biomechanics of the rostrum in crocodilians: A comparative analysis using finite-element modeling. The Anatomical Record, 288A:827-849.doi:10.1002/ar.a.20360

S Wroe, J Field, DK Grayson. 2006. Megafaunal extinction: climate, humans and assumptions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21: 61-62.

S Wroe, J Field. 2006. A review of the evidence for a human role in the extinction of Australian megafauna and an alternative interpretation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25: 2692-2703.doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.10.008

CR McHenry, A Cook, S Wroe, 2005. Bottom feeding plesiosaurs. Science, 310: 75. doi:10.1126/science.1117241

CN Trueman, J Field, J Dortch, B Charles, S Wroe. 2005. Prolonged co-existence of humans and megafauna in Pleistocene Australia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 182: 8381-8385. doi:10.1073/pnas.0408975102

S Wroe, CR McHenry, J Thomason. 2005. Bite club: Comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 272: 619-625. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2986

S Wroe, C Argot, M Crowther, C Dickman. 2004. On the rarity of big fierce carnivores. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Series B, 271: 1203-1211.doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2694

S Wroe, M Crowther, J Dortch, J Chong. 2004. The size of the largest marsupial and why it matters. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) Series B (Suppl.), 271: S34-S36.doi:10.1098/rsbl.2003.0095

S Wroe, J Field, R Fullagar, L Jermiin. 2004. Megafaunal extinction in the Late Quaternary and the global overkill hypothesis. Alcheringa, 28: 291-331

C Johnson, S Wroe. 2003. Causes of extinctions of vertebrates during the Holocene of mainland Australia: arrival of the dingo or human impact? The Holocene, 13: 109-116

S Wroe, T Myers, F Seebacher, B Kear, A Gillespie, M Crowther, S Salisbury. 2003. An alternative method for predicting body-mass: The case of the marsupial lion. Paleobiology, 29: 404-412.doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0403:AAMFPB>2.0.CO;2

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